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If your house is sold in non-judicial foreclosure for failure to make mortgage payments, you won't owe the lender anythiing after the sale if the lender can't sell it for what you owe, but neither will you get anything if the lender is lucky and sells it for more. (This would be the case even if you had not had the debt discharged in bankrupcty.) If the house is worth more than what you owe, why not try to sell it now and keep the equity? Talk to your lender. Depending on what you owe and what it's worth, you might be able to make up some payments, sell the place, avoid the credit implications of foreclosure, and avoid the loss of equity. Good luck to you.

If there are any surplus funds after all secured liens, property taxes, etc have been paid, you should receive the proceeds. But most foreclosure sales have no surplus. If you have any equity in the house sell it.

It is very unlikely that there will be any proceeds. When the house is sold, the mortgage must be paid, all costs of advertisement and the sale are paid, then any junior liens are paid, and finally the homeowner gets what is left. This only happens when a 3rd party buys the home. 9 times out of 10, the mortgage company bids what is owed on the mortgage and there are no other bidders. I would not expect any proceeds form a foreclosure sale. If you have a home with a ton of equity to need to see about selling it or getting legal help to hold off the foreclosure until you can.

When a foreclosure sale is held, the proceeds go first to the mortgage company to pay their lien. If any money is left over after paying all liens on the property, whether tax liens, HOA liens, or other expenses, then and only then you may get paid the proceeds that remain. But most auction buyers pay less than the amount of the mortgage lien, not more, so don't hold your breath waiting for a check. The fact that you have a $0 balance that you owe to the mortgage company doesn't mean that the balance on the lien went to $0 - to the contrary, every month that passed since you last paid your mortgage increased the balance of the mortgage lien by the amount of accrued interest, taxes and insurance the lender paid.

If the house sells for greater than the amount owed on the house (and secured by the mortgage) then you will receive the excess. This is unlikely because you would have re-affirmed the loan if there was equity in the house in the first place. Although the bankruptcy discharged your obligations under the loan agreement, it did not strip of the lien (i.e., mortgage) that the bank had. Because you are in default and not paying, the bank is going to take the house by foreclosure and sell it. Because the law only allows the bank recover the amount owed to it and cost associated with the foreclosure, the home owner is entitled to anything beyond that (again, very unlikely).

Some states do a non-judicial foreclosure, which simply means there is no hearing before the sale. The lender runs a foreclosure ad for four consecutive weeks prior to the first Tuesday of the month which is the only day a foreclosure can take place. The sale is handled by the lender's attorney not the sheriff. The attorney handling the sale will make the first bid (which bid has been set by the lender) and if anyone makes a higher bid they have bought a house. If there is any money over and above the payoff and foreclosure expenses that amount would come to you but that is very rare. If nobody other than the lender bids then the lender is said to have bid the house in and now owns the home. Since you did not reaffirm the mortgage loan in the bankruptcy, you have no personal liability for money damages you simply lose the house.

Only if allowed by the law of the state where your property is located. Your e-mail does not indicate where you live. Generally the only way the borrower receives any funds from a sheriff's sale is if all the secured liens and recorded judgments are paid in full first.

No, not unless after costs and expenses it was sold for more than you owed. I would not expect any check. If the trustee had thought there was any chance of any money being made, they would have either left your bankruptcy open until the house was so sold so they could take the profits for your creditors or they would have taken control and sold the house themselves. Sorry!

You most likely will not receive the excess proceeds if it sells for more than the balance on the note and all costs. You need to file petition for the proceeds and you have to get a title search first to make sure no other liens, judgements, etc. Just because you discharged debts does not mean you are the rightful owner of any excess proceeds from a sheriff's sale. If there are liens, judgements, etc. on title search, when you file the petition with Superior Court for the excess proceeds you must send a copy of the petition to any lien holders or judgment creditors and also a notice of when the hearing will be held. Most likely they will object since there is a debt owed to them even if not by you.

You should be able to receive the proceeds of the sale of the property. However, please keep in mind that each case is different and a full evaluation of your particular situation will be necessary to determine the effect of the sale and how the proceeds should be distributed.

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